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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A power outage has hit the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, with authorities saying that an underwater cable from Sweden has been cut cut. The reason for that was unknown. The company providing power said the island was “unfortunately affected by operational disruptions at the moment.” One third of the

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to “hit and wipe out” potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported Monday, as its leader Kim Jong Un signaled he would conduct more provocative tests.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese cities are imposing fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions after the number of new daily COVID-19 cases tripled during a weeklong holiday, ahead of a major Communist Party meeting in Beijing next week. The latest lockdown started Monday in Fenyang city in northern China’s Shanxi province after a preliminary positive case was

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Airbus and Air France have gone on trial on manslaughter charges over the crash of a Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight in 2009 that plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms. The crash killed all 228 people aboard and led to changes in air

BERLIN (AP) — A government-appointed expert panel is proposing a two-stage system for distributing up to $195 billion in subsidies Germany has announced to ease the strain of high energy prices. German news agency dpa reported Monday that the panel will suggest one-off payments to natural gas customers equivalent to a single monthly bill this

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions on Monday rocked multiple cities across Ukraine, including missile strikes on the capital Kyiv for the first time in months, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin called a Saturday explosion on the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea a “terrorist act” masterminded by Ukrainian special services.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Tampa Bay Lightning are suspending defenseman Ian Cole pending an investigation into allegations made on social media that he sexually abused a woman when she was a minor. The team said it was fully cooperating with the NHL on an investigation and that it takes the allegations very

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The winner, or winners, of this year’s Nobel Prize for economics will be announced Monday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm. The prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out on Dec. 10. Unlike the other prizes, the economics award

NEW DELHI (AP) — Mulayam Singh Yadav, India’s former defense minister and a veteran socialist leader, has died. He was 82. Yadav was admitted to a private hospital near Delhi for more than two weeks. His death was announced Monday by his son Akhilesh Yadav, the political heir to his Samajwadi Party that holds sway

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the city’s Shevchenko district, a large area in the center of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. Lesia Vasylenko, a member of

By RIAZAT BUTT and ADIL JAWAD KHAN Associated Press DADU, Pakistan (AP) — Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home is destroyed, as is the school that she loved. The friends she used to walk to school and play with are scattered,

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India’s External Affairs minister says Russia’s war on Ukraine “does not serve the interests of anybody.” But  Subrahmanyam Jaishankar declined to say whether his government would support a United Nations General Assembly motion condemning Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian territories. Jaishankar was speaking Monday at a joint

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped on Monday, with Chinese markets logging moderate losses after reopening from a weeklong holiday to news of a fresh set of lockdowns due to rising COVID-19 cases. The declines followed yet another dismal end to the week on Wall Street as a strong

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Individual travelers will be able to visit Japan without visas beginning Tuesday, just like in pre-COVID-19 times. Electronics stores, airlines and various tourists spots have big hopes for a revival of their businesses. Japan kept its borders closed to most foreign travelers during much of the pandemic.

By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has told China that “armed confrontation is absolutely not an option” for resolving Beijing’s claim to the island. Speaking on Taiwan’s National Day, Tsai said China should not mistake competition within Taiwan’s multiparty democratic political system for weakness and attempt to divide

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats predicted abortion would be Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s saving grace. But inside Nevada’s crowded union halls, across its sun-scorched desert towns and on the buzzing Las Vegas strip, there are signs that outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle abortion rights may

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Marjorie Taylor Greene took her seat directly behind Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, a proximity to power for the firebrand congresswoman that did not go unnoticed, as he unveiled the House GOP’s midterm election agenda in Pennsylvania. Days later, she appeared on stage warming up the

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With her home gone and all her belongings trashed by Hurricane Ian, Alice Pujols wept as she picked through soggy clothes, toys and overturned furniture piled head-high outside a stranger’s house, looking to salvage something — anything — for her four